Submitting Institution: Newman University

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Summary of the impact

Research findings inform lectures delivered to educators in English in
the local region: both serving teachers and their pupils (Further
Education) and PGCE Secondary English students undertaking their school
placements locally, and often gaining employment within the Midlands. The
impact is in how the teachers use literary texts to engage more
effectively with their pupils regarding notions of race and `Otherness';
to develop a tolerant attitude towards those perceived as different; and
to be cognisant of the pitfalls in teaching `texts from different cultures
and traditions', as stipulated by the English National Curriculum, which
might reinforce wider social discourses of `Otherness' around race.

Summary of the impact

Dr Katafiasz's research followed Edward Bond's seventeen year
collaboration with Big Brum
Theatre in Education Company. Her doctoral thesis (University of Reading,
2011), publications,
and workshops theorise and disseminate the aesthetic of Bond's nine `Big
Brum Plays'. This study
assesses the impact of Dr Katafiasz's work on Big Brum's productions, as
well as on a group of
drama lecturers, theatre education students, and members of a community
drama group. The
study describes the specific impact of the work in 2012-13, when 7,233
people saw Big Brum
perform in the UK, France, Malta, Hungary, Greece, Ireland, China, Sweden,
and Slovenia.

Summary of the impact

The impact of the research described, lies in its ability to identify the
prevalence and clustering of
unhealthy lifestyle behaviours in young adults, and describe the
characteristics of the differing
lifestyles. Unhealthy behaviours are primary causes of premature morbidity
and mortality.
Inactivity, smoking, alcohol use and poor diet are the four major
behavioural contributors to chronic
illnesses such as cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The
findings have been used to
highlight the powerful influence of these behaviours on health, and also
to highlight the particular
impact on health created by these behaviours interacting together. These
timely findings will aid
health professionals to develop appropriate health prevention programmes
targeting young adults.

Submitting Institution

Newman University

Unit of Assessment

Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Summary Impact Type

Health

Research Subject Area(s)

Summary of the impact

The Case Study focuses on the work of Ibrahim Akubat, an exercise
physiologist lecturer who joined the department in 2010. Based on his
research, Akubat has enabled a range of clubs to monitor accurately
players' training loads and understand their footballers' training
outcomes. Akubat's research shows the superiority of the new
individualised training load monitoring method over existing methods of
monitoring internal training load and exercise dose in intermittent
sports. This has led to coaches from numerous professional clubs,
including those from the English Premier League, attending workshops to
seek guidance on modifying their approaches to training load monitoring.

Summary of the impact

National and international research findings were utilised to raise
professional, political and faith-based awareness of the impact of abuse
and exploitation on the educational, social and emotional development of
children and young people considered to be `at risk'. The impact of the
case study lies in its ability to portray, through the use of
participatory research methodologies, the experiences of young people who
have been the victims of abuse, neglect and human trafficking. Evidence
collated indicates that the work has significantly increased national and
local awareness and understanding, and led to specific organisational
changes in policy and practice.

Submitting Institution

Newman University

Unit of Assessment

Education

Summary Impact Type

Societal

Research Subject Area(s)

Medical and Health Sciences: Public Health and Health ServicesStudies In Human Society: Social Work

Summary of the impact

The Case Study focuses on the work of Tony Myers, a Senior Lecturer in
Physical Education and
Sports Studies who joined the department in 2001. Myers' research on
judging in the sport of Muay
Thai has had an impact on the sport nationally and internationally.
Several of the sport's governing
bodies have changed judging practices as a result of the research,
including the Independent
Board of Muay Thai Officials (IBMTO), the Scottish Thai Boxing Association
(STBA) the Irish Muay
Thai Council (IMC), and the New Jersey Athletic Commission, USA.

Summary of the impact

Dr Susan Docherty's research has greatly impacted on the teaching of
Religious Education and on the practice of collective worship in schools
through two avenues: first, through her work in training teachers at
Newman University, one of the major providers of Initial Teacher Education
in the West Midlands; and second, through her contribution to the design
and delivery of the biblical studies components of the Catholic
Certificate in Religious Studies programme (CCRS), a course taken by the
majority of teachers in Roman Catholic primary schools within the
Archdiocese of Birmingham (comprising the counties of West Midlands,
Oxfordshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire) as well as by
teachers working in the Church of England and maintained sectors.

Research Subject Area(s)

Summary of the impact

Dr Juliette Harrisson's blog based on her research has had an impact on
wider society:

By enriching the lives and imaginations of readers both nationally and
internationally, increasing their knowledge and understanding of the
ancient world, ancient literature and of classical reception studies.

By informing and influencing the education of school children,
especially secondary school students learning Latin.

Research Subject Area(s)

Summary of the impact

The impact of the research described in this case study lies in its
ability to identify, appraise, select and synthesise skin cancer
prevention interventions, and identify the main predictors of ultra-violet
(UV) behaviour. The findings have been used to highlight the power of a
`tanned appearance', and to develop an appearance-based intervention, in
order to bring about behavioural change in relation to UV tanning in the
UK. The target audience for this research impact is both the general
public, and health professionals, with the message that interventions
aimed at knowledge are likely to be less successful than those focussed on
appearance.

Submitting Institution

Newman University

Unit of Assessment

Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Summary Impact Type

Health

Research Subject Area(s)

Summary of the impact

Dr Susan Docherty has engaged with church communities in the UK through
public seminars and training events to bring the latest scholarship in the
academic field of biblical studies to bear on the faith and practice of
church leaders and church-goers. Her research has also impacted on wider
society through her contribution to the education of the public about the
reception of the bible in British culture, particularly in terms of the
interpretation of biblical themes in classical paintings.